Apr
3
Birthday Diaries: Entry Ten
Filed under Motherhood
She’s hit transition. Feeling nauseated; got the shakes- all good signs. Still needs to dilate a bit more before pushing. We are getting excited!
She’s hit transition. Feeling nauseated; got the shakes- all good signs. Still needs to dilate a bit more before pushing. We are getting excited!
She is making slow but steady progress. The doc just checked and she is at 7 cm. We will keep you updated.
Still waiting…no new news. I did find a great candy store on my last exploritory trip. So we are all sugared up (except poor Nicole who is stuck with ice chips) for the next few hours.
Baby Tori was not moving fast enough for the doctor so he just stopped by to break Nicole’s water. Epidural is doing its job so no pain. Nicole has made it to 4 cm.
The waiting game continues. They just upped her Pitocin so things may start to pick up soon.
I just scoped out the cafeteria and things look promising. There is a Blimpie Subs (lunch today) and a Starbucks in the lobby. Great start. I went for a Cherry Coke and Sun Chips for my mid morining snack. Oh, Nicole just got the epidural and is now enjoying some ice chips. Nicole wants you to know that the doctor said that she was stellar!
We had a contraction! Well, I should say that Nicole had a contraction. It was rather dramatic. Nicole stood up when it first came on and she almost passed out. The nurse had to use smelling salts and call all available personnel to the room stat! They stopped the Pitocin until the epidural arrives so we are back to laughing and having fun. I got a picture of her right after the contraction along with Kristin fixing her back up before the next one hits.
A quick pic of our girl…
Okay, we are all checked in to the hospital and Nicole is doing great!
IV is in and she is getting filled with fluid. She is 2 centimeters
dilated. She isn’t in any pain yet, but she has been asking anyone that
pokes their head into her room (doctors, nurses, cafeteria workers) if
they can give her an epidural. The nurse just came in to start Pitocin,
so things should start to pick up here soon. I haven’t checked out the
cafeteria here yet, but I will keep you updated on all fronts as things
progress.
This “first thing in the morning picture” was Janelle’s idea, so you can blame her if it’s a bit too much to take in before your coffee. At least she was brave enough to do it first. As you can tell, I’m not quite awake in this shot—only able to get one eye fully open. But I’ve had my shower now (although not my usual cup of coffee with three scoops of sugar!) so I’m semi-awake and we’re ready to take off. Actually, I’m late (as usual), but in this case they can’t start without me.
Before I leave (and Janelle takes over posting) I want to thank you for your prayers. So many of you have told me you are praying for me today and as we’ve quoted Mr. Spurgeon before on this blog, there is no truer kindness you can do me.
I look forward to introducing you to my new daughter Tori later today!
